The Invisible Man - Wells George Herbert.pdf - Cove Systems

He nodded his head slowly. "It makes me
regular uncomfortable, the bare thought of
that chap running about the country! He is at
present At Large, and from certain evidence it
is supposed that he has--taken--_took_, I
suppose they mean--the road to Port Stowe.
You see we're right _in_ it! None of your
American wonders, this time. And just think of
the things he might do! Where'd you be, if he
took a drop over and above, and had a fancy
to go for you? Suppose he wants to rob--who
can prevent him? He can trespass, he can
burgle, he could walk through a cordon of
policemen as easy as me or you could give the
slip to a blind man! Easier! For these here
blind chaps hear uncommon sharp, I'm told.
And wherever there was liquor he fancied--"
"He's got a tremenjous advantage, certainly,"
said Mr. Marvel. "And--well..."
"You're right," said the mariner. "He _has_."